art design

Softcover. Bew Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 272 pages. Richly illustrated with images from Jan Tschichold's little-known private collection of design ephemera, this important book explores a legendary figure in the history of modern graphic design through the artists, ideas, and texts from the Bauhaus that most influenced him. Tschichold (1902-1974), a prolific designer, writer, and theorist, stood at the forefront of a revolution in visual culture that made printed material more elemental and dynamic. His designs were applied to everyday graphics, from billboard advertisements and business cards to book jackets and invoices. This handsome volume offers a new understanding of Tschichold's work, and of the underlying theories of the artistic movement he helped to form, by analyzing his collections. Clean copy. The book is still in the original publisher shrink wrap.

Hardcover. NY, Taschen, 1st, 2013, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover in pictorial boards, orange cloth spine, 176 pages. The highly public love affair of French singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg and British actress Jane Birkin captured the hearts and imaginations of a generation. The moment Jane and Serge met on a movie set in 1968 sparks flew. They would spend the next 12 years together, a passionate union that produced the controversial duet "Je t'aime... moi non plus" (whose explicit lyrics and orgasmic moans caused so much fuss that the Vatican declared it offensive) and, in 1971, the legendary album Melody Nelson as well as a daughter, Charlotte, who has become a successful actress in her own right. Designed by M/M (Paris), the photo album comes in a clear plastic cover with the following goodies tucked inside:Text booklet featuring an introduction by Jane Birkin and Andrew Birkin's memoir of Jane and Serge, illustrated by Birkin family childhood photos/Softcover contact sheet booklet/Fold-out poster/5 photo prints/Sticker sheet /Embroidered patch.

Softcover. London, Christie's , 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 246 pages illustrated in color.

Philadelphia Museum of Art , 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, large format 12" X 12", 236 pages, illustrated i color throughout. Includes 316 illustrations, including 246 in full colour. The catalogue to accompany the exhibition held Sept. 25 to November 20, 1994 in Philadelphia. The exhibition surveyed the design history of Japan from 1950 through to the early 1990s. Clean copy.

Softcover. Tokyo, DH Publishing, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 96 pages. A retrospective of the almost extinct phenomenon of billboard painting in Japan, this is a fascinating look at the golden age of cinema as seen through the eyes of Japanese artists and media. Contains cover-to-cover, full-color photos, film trivia and historical background. More than just a mine of retro-kitsch, this is a unique look at Western cinema from across the ocean, for both casual readers who wish to flick through and explore the vivid images, and those interested in the historical significance of the depiction of the West and Western films in Japan.

Softcover. New York, NY, National Academy of Design, 1st, 1985?, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog. 95 pages. B&W and color illustrations throughout. Introduction By Annette Blaugrund. Red pictorial cover with wear to spine and slight soiling to covers. Overall, a clean, tight copy.

Softcover. New York, NY, National Academy of Design, 1st, 1985?, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Exhibition catalog. 95 pages. B&W and color illustrations throughout. Introduction By Annette Blaugrund. Red pictorial cover with wear to spine and slight soiling to covers. Overall, a clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Taschen, 2nd Ed., 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two white folio volumes in a slipcase, 559 pages, b&w illustrations (chiefly color). Vol. 1: Interviews. Bob Ciano ; Fred Cohen ; Michael Cuscuna -- Record covers. A-K by artist -- v. 2: Interviews. Rudy Van Gelder ; Ashley Kahn ; Creed Taylor -- Record covers. L to Z by artist. Vinyl mania: Jazz LP covers from the 1940s to 1990s. This volume features a broad selection of jazz record covers, from the 1940s through the decline of LP production in the early 1990s. Each cover is accompanied by a fact sheet listing performer and album name, art director, photographer, illustrator, year, label, and more.

Softcover. Baltimore, John Hopkins University Press, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover in illustrated wrappers, 304 pages. Illustrated with B&W engravings. Jens Jensen was one of America's greatest landscape designers and conservationists. Using native plants and "fitting" designs, he advocated that our gardens, parks, roads, playgrounds, and cities should be harmonious with nature and its ecological processes-a belief that was to become a major theme of modern American landscape design. In Jens Jensen: Maker of Natural Parks and Gardens, Robert E. Grese draws on Jensen's writings and plans, interviews with people who knew him, and analyses of his projects to present a clear picture of Jensen's efforts to enhance and preserve "native" landscapes.

Softcover. London, V&A Museum, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 252 pages, b&w photographs throughout. Rubbing, light edge wear to wrappers. Previous price sticker on back cover. Else a clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Boston/ New York , Bulfinch Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 533 pages, 431 works reproduced in color. Small remainder mark to bottom edge, otherwise a bright, clean copy in a similar dust jacket. The most comprehensive look at Miro's art available in book form. In honor of Miro's 100th birthday, 1993 has been designated Miro Year, which is being celebrated with great fanfare in Europe and the U.S. This book features full-color reproductions of the artist's work on canvas and paper, from his earliest sketch to his mature works of the 1980s.

Hardcover. NY, Mnuchin Gallery , 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 65 pages, fully Illustrated fabric bound catalogue designed by McCall Associates, New York and authored by art historian, professor and scholar Clayton Press. "Mnuchin Gallery is proud to present Joan Mitchell--Christine Ay Tjoe: an exhibition which sparks a dialogue between, Joan Mitchell and Christine Ay Tjoe, two trailblazers of 20th and 21st century abstraction... These two distinct artists use alternative means to address the same question: "What does it mean to make an abstract painting?" Mitchell and Ay Tjoe both engage with the canvas using a bevy of brushstrokes that vary in degrees of strength and depth. Through this process, they yield deeply introspective paintings that simultaneously allude to the real world with playful titles and harmonic color palettes. The paintings presented in Joan Mitchell-Christine Ay Tjoe underscore how these artists draw from their environments and cultures, as they ultimately seek to transcend generational boundaries and prescribed definitions of Eastern and Western artistic traditions." Clean copy in shrinkwrap.

Hardcover. New York, Harper Design, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 256 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Like new in publisher's shrink-wrap. The first published collection of the work of Joe Eula, oe of the 20th century's greatest fashion illustrators. Brings 200+ gorgeous b/w and full-color sketches and finished illustrations; sheds light on Eula's development as an artist, and his contributions to the worlds of fashion, design and arts and entertainment.

Hardcover. New York, Harper Design, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 256 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy still in publishers shrink-wrap. The first collection of the work of Joe Eula, the foremost illustrator of the late twentieth century, featuring more than 200 black-and-white and full-color sketches and illustrations, the majority of which have never been published before.

Hardcover. US, Antique Collectors Club Dist, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 176 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Throughout the 1960s and 70s John Bates dominated the British fashion scene with a unique brand of style and innovation. No other designer had such a comprehensive influence on what the UK wore.

Hardcover. US, Antique Collectors Club Dist, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 176 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy. Throughout the 1960s and 70s John Bates dominated the British fashion scene with a unique brand of style and innovation. No other designer had such a comprehensive influence on what the UK wore.

Hardcover. Conran, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 208 pages. John Brookes is one of the world's most respected master gardeners; his more than 1,200 designs have forced a major rethinking of what gardens can be. This first-ever illustrated retrospective of Brookes's career is fascinating reading both for its rich insight into his life, and for opening a wondrous new window onto the garden designs he created for private clients, many of which have never been publicly viewed. More than 50 of the best examples of his work are on display, highlighted by 170 color photographs. Also featured are his explorations in adding movement and dimension to garden design, thoughts on the special considerations for garden entrances, and his understanding of the cultural context of the "room outside."

Hardcover. Washington DC, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 310 pages. John Evelyn (1620-1706), an English virtuoso and writer, was a pivotal figure in seventeenth-century intellectual life in England. He left an immensely rich literary heritage, which is of great significance for scholars interested in garden history and the histories of intellectual life and architecture. Evelyn is perhaps best known for Sylva, a compilation of thoughts on practical estate management, gardening, and philosophy, and the first book published by the Royal Society in London. As one of the group of learned men who founded the Royal Society in 1660 to promote scientific research, discussion, and publications, John Evelyn was at the center of many of the vital intellectual currents of the time. "Elysium Britannicum," Evelyn's unpublished manuscript of almost a thousand pages of densely packed drafts, rewrites, and projects, was perhaps something of an enigma to his contemporaries, who nevertheless urged its publication. It remains for scholars today a treasure-trove of fascinating insights on Evelyn and his milieu. Clean copy.

Hardcover. London, Unicorn Publishing Group , 1st, 2021, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards, 208 pages. A biography of British commercial illustrator John Hassall, "The Poster King," with one hundred color illustrations. In the early twentieth century, John Hassall (1868-1948) was one of Britain's best-known, highest-profile artists. Though he worked across a variety of disciplines, it was his commercial art for travel companies, political causes, and well-known brands that made him a household name. With bold lines, flat colors, and an engaging, cheery style, Hassall created some of the most famous and influential designs of the era. A century after his heyday, Lucinda Gosling presents an exploration of John Hassall's life, his art, and his legacy. Including photographs of his family and studio, the story behind his iconic "Jolly Fisherman" poster, and previously unpublished material from Hassall's archive at the University of Essex--including artwork, sketches, letters, diaries, and photographs--this is an unprecedented account of the artist's life and work.

Hardcover. New York, Abbeville Press, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 280 pages, 164 illustrations (76 in color). Essays by Henry Adams, Kathleen A. Foster, Henry A. La Farge, H. Barbara Weinberg, Linnea H. Wren, and James L. Yarnall. John La Farge was not only a painter of still lifes and landscapes in watercolor and oil, but he created extraordinary decorative schemes and revolutionary stained glass art for some of the country's most impressive churches and mansions as well.

Hardcover. London, Bradbury, Agnew, & Co, reprint, 1886, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 284 pages. Vol I only. Red cloth with gilt designs and titles, all edges gilt. Covers with edge wear and soiling, small tears to cloth near spine. Damp stain spots on front a rear covers. End pages with foxing, otherwise clean and tight.

Hardcover. New York, Curt Valentin, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, 160 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with eleven reproductions in color and 244 in monochrome; eight pages of reproductions in four color line-and-tone; an aquatint, a monochrome lithograph and three lithographs in color specially drawn for this work. Previous owners stamp on back of plate 195. Brick colored cloth with green decoration on front cover, green/gilt title on spine. Dust jacket is worn, with chunks missing along edges, and spine - jacket now protected with clear plastic cover. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 240 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, like new in publishers shrink-wrap. A tight copy. The American realist artist John Sloan is best known for his portrayals of daily life in early 20th-century New York and as a member of The Eight and the Ashcan School, alongside peers like Robert Henri, Everett Shinn, and George Luks. Sloan's artistic approach was shaped by his experience as a commercial illustrator, a type of work that inaugurated his professional career-at newspapers like the Philadelphia Press and later for mass-market magazines-and which he pursued even after he turned his focus to painting. In John Sloan: Drawing on Illustration, Michael Lobel explores the impact of Sloan's illustrating on his wider output, including his paintings, his drawings for the radical journal The Masses, and his response to the watershed 1913 Armory Show. Illuminating the interaction between art and popular culture, this book provides an important new framework for understanding the modern genre of illustration, and in so doing touches on major 20th-century currents, including the rise and expansion of the mass media and the visual legacy of European modernism.

Hardcover. New Haven, CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 240 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, like new in publishers shrink-wrap. A tight copy. The American realist artist John Sloan is best known for his portrayals of daily life in early 20th-century New York and as a member of The Eight and the Ashcan School, alongside peers like Robert Henri, Everett Shinn, and George Luks. Sloan's artistic approach was shaped by his experience as a commercial illustrator, a type of work that inaugurated his professional career-at newspapers like the Philadelphia Press and later for mass-market magazines-and which he pursued even after he turned his focus to painting. In John Sloan: Drawing on Illustration, Michael Lobel explores the impact of Sloan's illustrating on his wider output, including his paintings, his drawings for the radical journal The Masses, and his response to the watershed 1913 Armory Show. Illuminating the interaction between art and popular culture, this book provides an important new framework for understanding the modern genre of illustration, and in so doing touches on major 20th-century currents, including the rise and expansion of the mass media and the visual legacy of European modernism.